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Insight
SARAI AND ABRAM’S TRAVELS
Hattusha
Abram, Sarai, their extended
family, and their servants walked
from Ur to Haran (600 miles),
on to Canaan (400 miles), then
down to Egypt (325 miles), and
back to Canaan again. How
many steps do you walk a day?
Women worldwide walk 5,000
steps daily. If Sarai had done
that, it would have taken her
660 days to complete this route.
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(northern Ur)
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Ur
(southern Ur)
steps
per day
660
days
600 Km
Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped
the Lord again.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats,
herds of cattle, and many tents. 6But the land could not
support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and
herds living so close together. 7So disputes broke out
between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time
Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
8 Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all,
we are close relatives! 9The whole countryside is open
to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you
want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the
left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the
land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
10 Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was
well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord
or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11Lot chose
for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of
them. He went there with his flocks and servants and
parted company with his uncle Abram. 12So Abram
settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents
to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of
the plain. 13But the people of this area were extremely
wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.
14After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram,
“Look as far as you can see in every direction—north
and south, east and west. 15I am giving all this land, as
far as you can see, to you and your descendants* as a
permanent possession. 16And I will give you so many
descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! 17 Go and walk through the land in
every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
18 So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled
near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he
built another altar to the Lord.
Abram Rescues Lot
About this time war broke out in the region.
King Amraphel of Babylonia,* King Arioch of
Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of
Goiim 2fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
3 This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim
Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea*). 4For twelve
years they had been subject to King Kedorlaomer, but
in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
5 One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived
and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim,
the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at
the edge of the wilderness. 7 Then they turned back
and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and
conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
8 Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared
for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.* 9 They fought
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13:15 Hebrew seed; also in 13:16. 14:1 Hebrew Shinar; also in 14:9. 14:3 Hebrew Salt Sea. 14:8 Hebrew Siddim Valley (see 14:3);
also in 14:10.
